Just wanted to see how much it costs to repair a Belt Cp after a typical crash ? I know there will be a alot of variables, but I just wanted a ball park answer. Maybe someone could list the typical parts that are most likely to break, and the cost of those parts.

I've upgraded other stuff in the process, but not as a necessity of crash damage. Both of these crashes were also into hard surfaces. The first one was partially nose-in to an asphalt street. The second was partially nose-in inside a garage. I had the training gear on in both crashes.

Never having flown a helicopter before, I'm now on my 35th flight. Spreading those parts costs over all flights, it averages out to about $2.12 per flight (not taking into account the cost of the heli itself, charger and extra batteries).

So, it's cost me $23 per flight for 35 flights. I could have saved $$ on the charger, only bought one battery (or stuck with the 1800 mAh that came with the heli), scrimped on some of my tools, and stayed away from the Align tail upgrade. That'd probably cut $340 out of what I've spent so far.

Well, I was a moron and hit the Idle up switch when I got my heli, so I didn't get to fly it - but I did smash it all to hell with the help of a collion to my cast iron ceiling fan.

I broke the main blades, main gear, main shaft, flybar case, paddles, horizontal stabilizer, one servo and my swash plate. Paind the average rate for everything.

Cost me $120 shipped.

But partly because I bought the whole Esky CNC head/tail upgrade combo with that order ($30 it was cheap I think it was worth it, may reduce a lot of plastic parts I'd have to replace - mind you to get the head as slop free as I have, it takes a lot of.. home brewing).

In total since I started this hobby I've spent $870 but I'm building a second heli (just need too order the Motor/Gryro/Receiver/Battery for it. Still likely another $200 no doubt the way the Canadian dollar is going!).

I have even flew my heli yet and I'm learning a lot and having a jolly'kick'ass time tunning and building - not to mention getting to spend some time with some great people on HeliFreak.

I'm a complete noobie and haven't had many crashes, and the crashes I have had haven't been serious.. But.. on my BeltCP v2 I had one light boom strike that cost me about $30 and a hard landing that cost me about $20 (including shipping of parts)

The parts I have replaced so far:

Rotor Blades
Feathering Shaft
Flybar Holder
Ring Link

I can also see a main shaft and the main gears being an issue in a crash while the throttle is up - I've been lucky both crashes as I was off the throttle on impact.

But that is one of the strengths of the Belt package - easy to crash, cheap and easy to fix. As soon as you start upgrading with "better" components, you won't crash so much, but when you do, it is more costly.

I've upgraded other stuff in the process, but not as a necessity of crash damage. Both of these crashes were also into hard surfaces. The first one was partially nose-in to an asphalt street. The second was partially nose-in inside a garage. I had the training gear on in both crashes.

Never having flown a helicopter before, I'm now on my 35th flight. Spreading those parts costs over all flights, it averages out to about $2.12 per flight (not taking into account the cost of the heli itself, charger and extra batteries).

So, it's cost me $23 per flight for 35 flights. I could have saved $$ on the charger, only bought one battery (or stuck with the 1800 mAh that came with the heli), scrimped on some of my tools, and stayed away from the Align tail upgrade. That'd probably cut $340 out of what I've spent so far.

But that is one of the strengths of the Belt package - easy to crash, cheap and easy to fix. As soon as you start upgrading with "better" components, you won't crash so much, but when you do, it is more costly.

As we've always said here, the better you get, the more expensive your crashes are!

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